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Not yet.
by inetknght 8mo ago
Not yet.
- gruez 8mo agoWhat does that even mean? A: "Intel/AMD is adding instructions to accelerate AES" B: "Might this enable a next level of DRM? Might this enable a deeper level of hardware attestation?" A: "wtf are you talking about? It's just instructions to make certain types of computations faster, it has nothing to do with DRM or hardware attestation." B: "Not yet." I'm sure in some way it probably helps DRM or hardware attestation to some extent, but not any more than say, 3nm process node helps DRM or hardware attestation by making it faster.
- fc417fc802 7mo agoIf this were similar to SGX (which is what I initially assumed) then "not yet" is a perfectly reasonable position to take. However it's actually homomorphic encryption implemented in hardware thus not relevant to DRM (AFAIK). That said, the unfortunate reality is that the same constructs that underpin DRM are also required to build a secure system. The only difference is who controls the root of trust. As such the problems with DRM (and hardware ownership more generally) are political as opposed to technical in nature.
- direwolf20 7mo agoI see the same thing every time there's a new medical thing. > We discovered a substance that boosts your innate immune system and non-specifically clears out throat infections. > This will be good for people prone to throat infections. > Not when it's mandated. someone else told me they're going to spy on your windows with drones to make sure you're verifying your age to your OS, like what??? I thought we were waking up to oppression but we're just inventing fake oppression to be mad at instead of responding to real oppression.
- majorchord 8mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope